After Vietnamese revolution
One of the trending topics on the Internet and social media these days is the image of a heavily tattooed woman being glared by a old lady. This photo has stirred up the topic of people perspective on tattoo, there's still so many Vietnamese netizens perceive as a negative mark. Have you ever wondered why tattoo was perceived negatively in most of Vietnamese people perspective?
One of the first states of Vietnam, Van Lang, means "the Tattooed Land" and tattoo was used to be a sign of power and wealthy during the Ly-Tran dynasties. Since when did tattoos was badly perceive? Skimming through each era of Vietnamese history, Vietnam first experienced the flow of western culture during the French colonial from 1884-1945. Under its imperial domination, French regulations system has gradually change Vietnamese perspective on tattoo. Tattooing was never illegal in France, but it was banned in the Army and Navy. According to Caplan's research on European tattoo, in the 1880s, French court utilized tattooing practices to establish the identity of the accused and examine prisoners' record. Numerous mention of tattoo was found in French literature in 19th century, for example in Les Miserables, Jean Val jeans revealed his identity in the court by showing this recorded tattoo in his arms. French applied the same practice under its domination in Indochina region; they tattooed the record numbers on the prisoner's body for administrative purpose. Several tattooing practices were discovered in PhuQuoc prison. Hence, the population gradually view tattoos is one of the sign of prisoners.
One of the first states of Vietnam, Van Lang, means "the Tattooed Land" and tattoo was used to be a sign of power and wealthy during the Ly-Tran dynasties. Since when did tattoos was badly perceive? Skimming through each era of Vietnamese history, Vietnam first experienced the flow of western culture during the French colonial from 1884-1945. Under its imperial domination, French regulations system has gradually change Vietnamese perspective on tattoo. Tattooing was never illegal in France, but it was banned in the Army and Navy. According to Caplan's research on European tattoo, in the 1880s, French court utilized tattooing practices to establish the identity of the accused and examine prisoners' record. Numerous mention of tattoo was found in French literature in 19th century, for example in Les Miserables, Jean Val jeans revealed his identity in the court by showing this recorded tattoo in his arms. French applied the same practice under its domination in Indochina region; they tattooed the record numbers on the prisoner's body for administrative purpose. Several tattooing practices were discovered in PhuQuoc prison. Hence, the population gradually view tattoos is one of the sign of prisoners.